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Lester Bangs Quotes

(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world Picture Quote #1

When kids can’t afford to see it anymore maybe we’ll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level Picture Quote #1

I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he’s playing Jazz whether I like it or not Picture Quote #1

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious Picture Quote #1

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can’t afford the ticket prices Picture Quote #1

Or like in the early 70’s when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that Picture Quote #1

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The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that Picture Quote #1

When kids can’t afford to see it anymore maybe we’ll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level Picture Quote #1

That’s one reason why it’s pretty worthless, I can’t totally buy it, if you think about it, it’s things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place Picture Quote #1

The real question is what to live for. And I can’t answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art’s sake, corny as that sounds Picture Quote #1

Here we are in the 70’s when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it’s just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse Picture Quote #1

I’m not saying that all college students are subhuman - I’m just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts Picture Quote #1

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The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don’t find most of the groups that are coming out now really do Picture Quote #1

. . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it’s true: anybody can do it Picture Quote #1

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience Picture Quote #1

Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain Picture Quote #1

All humans are the same sex, except albinos Picture Quote #1

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I don’t see that there are any particular changes in popular music Picture Quote #1

All blues singers are great liars Picture Quote #1

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed Picture Quote #1

What do they sound like? Great! Grunge noise and mystical studio abstractions Picture Quote #1

And doing so you can recreate yourself and you can also come up with something that is not only original and creative and artistic, but also maybe even decent, or moral if I can use words like that, or something that’s like basically good Picture Quote #1

The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there’s precious little to be seen Picture Quote #1

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No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything Picture Quote #1

No I don’t think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it’s going to get worse and worse Picture Quote #1

Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the sense that you get is society running down Picture Quote #1

Here we are in the 70’s when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it’s just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse Picture Quote #1

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity Picture Quote #1

The real question is what to live for. And I can’t answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art’s sake, corny as that sounds Picture Quote #1

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(Punk rock is) lunging after some glimpse of a new and better world (Lester Bangs Quotes) When kids can’t afford to see it anymore maybe we’ll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level. (Lester Bangs Quotes) I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he’s playing Jazz whether I like it or not (Lester Bangs Quotes) The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious (Lester Bangs Quotes) I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can’t afford the ticket prices (Lester Bangs Quotes) Or like in the early 70’s when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that (Lester Bangs Quotes) The great thing about The Clash of course is that they keep searching for answers beyond that (Lester Bangs Quotes) When kids can’t afford to see it anymore maybe we’ll have a whole resurgence of garage bands all over America and this New Wave thing will start to mean something on a grass roots level (Lester Bangs Quotes) That’s one reason why it’s pretty worthless, I can’t totally buy it, if you think about it, it’s things like the Phil Spector records. On one level they were rebellion, on another level they were keeping the teenager in his place (Lester Bangs Quotes) The real question is what to live for. And I can’t answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art’s sake, corny as that sounds. (Lester Bangs Quotes) Here we are in the 70’s when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it’s just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse. (Lester Bangs Quotes) I’m not saying that all college students are subhuman - I’m just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts. (Lester Bangs Quotes) The thing is that, they all had real strong personalities and real distinct identities, and I don’t find most of the groups that are coming out now really do. (Lester Bangs Quotes) . . . rock and roll, as I see it, is the ultimate populist art form, democracy in action, because it’s true: anybody can do it. (Lester Bangs Quotes) The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience (Lester Bangs Quotes) Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form (Lester Bangs Quotes) Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain (Lester Bangs Quotes) All humans are the same sex, except albinos (Lester Bangs Quotes) I don’t see that there are any particular changes in popular music (Lester Bangs Quotes) All blues singers are great liars (Lester Bangs Quotes) Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed (Lester Bangs Quotes) What do they sound like? Great! Grunge noise and mystical studio abstractions (Lester Bangs Quotes) And doing so you can recreate yourself and you can also come up with something that is not only original and creative and artistic, but also maybe even decent, or moral if I can use words like that, or something that’s like basically good (Lester Bangs Quotes) The extravagant and ostentatious lifestyles that pass for charisma in a time when almost anybody talks about charisma but if you think about it there’s precious little to be seen (Lester Bangs Quotes) No, I see it as meaning very little at the moment because none of the groups are about anything (Lester Bangs Quotes) No I don’t think it was a myth at all, anymore than what the recession that the whole country was experiencing was a myth, which obviously seems like it’s going to get worse and worse (Lester Bangs Quotes) Most of them are pretty down records, pretty unhappy, pretty confused. Which only reflects how people in general were feeling, I mean really the sense that you get is society running down (Lester Bangs Quotes) Here we are in the 70’s when everything really is horrible and it really stinks. The mass media, everything on television everything everywhere is just rotten. You know it’s just really boring and really evil, ugly and worse (Lester Bangs Quotes) Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity (Lester Bangs Quotes) The real question is what to live for. And I can’t answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art’s sake, corny as that sounds (Lester Bangs Quotes)

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